Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2000, 6:19 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 41 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2000, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2000, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Pasco County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Dade City, FL | The public reported that thunderstorm winds toppled two large trees and several large branches which caused significant roof and attic damage to two homes on the 37,000 block of Beu Champ Avenue in Dade City. |
| Aug 1, 6:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Temple Terrace, FL | The public reported that thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a mobile home, caused minor damage to three travel trailers and snapped several large branches along rural County Road 579 (Morris Bridge Road). |
| Aug 1, 6:50 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Temple Terrace, FL | The public reported nickel sized hail along rural County Road 579 (Morris Bridge Road). |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 45 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 641 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KTBW 012219 SVRTBW FLC057-101-012300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 619 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SOUTHERN PASCO COUNTY. * UNTIL 700 PM EDT. * AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL...12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUTZ... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... WESLEY CHAPEL. HILLSBOROUGH RIVER STATE PARK. THONOTOSASSA. LUTZ. TEMPLE TERRACE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. $$ LAT...LON 2820 8217 2833 8231 2814 8253 2801 8236 NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 1, 2:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 235 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 2000 CURRENTLY...SCATTERED CONVECTION BREAKING OUT ACROSS FORECAST AREA WITH BEST COVERAGE ALONG WEST COAST SEA BREEZE STUCK ALONG COAST FROM SRQ NORTHWARD AND ALSO ALONG EAST COAST SEA BREEZE MOVING TOWARD INTERIOR ZONES. STORM THAT DEVELOPED NEAR MOUTH OF TAMPA BAY PRODUCED A SHORT LIVED WATERSPOUT VISIBLE FROM OFFICE AROUND 1720Z. FORECAST...MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE LITTLE CHANGE IN UPPER LEVELS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WAVE MOVING THROUGH BAHAMAS WILL ELONGATE AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVER THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM IN ON SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW AND THIS COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND SEA BREEZE INTERACTIONS WILL CAUSE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE NEAR NORMAL FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S AND HIGHS FROM AROUND 90 TO THE LOWER 90S. MARINE...SOUTHEAST FLOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WITH WINDS REMAINING BELOW 15 KNOTS...SO NO HIGHLIGHTS ANTICIPATED. FIRE WEATHER...LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE 50 TO 60 PERCENT RANGE OR WELL ABOVE WATCH/WARNING CRITERIA. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: TPA TB 074/090 075/090 5655 FMY TB 074/091 074/091 5655 .TBW...NONE. PRC
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 1, 2:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
215 PM EDT TUE AUG 01 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0115 PM 4 NNW PALMA SOLA FL WATERSPOUT
08/01/00 MANATEE EVENT DURATION 10
MINUTES. OBSERVED BY
THE PUBLIC AND NWS
METEOROLOGISTS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 34 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.